Former Friends star Matt LeBlanc has hated shooting the sitcom's NBC spin-off Joey, because he misses his old castmates too much.

The 36-year-old hunk wishes he was still working with the popular comedy's stars - Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer - but he particularly misses Matthew Perry, who played his character Joey Tribbiani's best friend Chandler Bing.

LeBlanc confesses: "When I first got to the stage, I kept waiting for the door to open and for Chandler to walk in."

The new sitcom will replace Friends' Thursday night slot in America this autumn.